This article I wrote at Dissident Voice (linked below) describes the Authoritarian Personality and its role in politics, specifically in terms of fascism.
The basic traits from Bob Altemeyer’s research on the subject is described and illustrated. The traits of fascism are listed in relation to the Tea Party movement. The same characteristics however can be easily seen in many groups – eg in Britain we have the BNP and UKIP expressing a similar pattern exemplifying the authoritarian embrace.
http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/11/the-politics-of-fear/
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